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E.C. (Eugene) Goossen papers, circa 1935-2004

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Series 4: Writing Projects and Notes, circa 1940-circa 1994
1.7 Linear feet
Boxes 6-8

The files for writing projects consist of drafts and manuscripts, research material, correspondence, and other material related to the projects. Goossen's projects include book contributions covering the prints of Helen Frankenthaler, Nancy Graves, and Joan Mitchell for Tyler Graphics The Extended Image, and a contribution to the Grolier Society's Book of Knowledge. Also included is a set of unpublished manuscripts on various artists titled "Collected Essays," book reviews, book lists, and notes regarding art, ideas for articles, and other art related topics. Writings by others consist of papers by Goossen's students.
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Book Contribution, "Distillation" for Book on Minimal Art by Gregory Battcock, 1964-1967
6
20
Book Contribution, "Modern Art" for Grolier Society's Book of Knowledge, circa 1962
6
21-23
Book Contribution, Tyler Graphics: The Extended Image, circa 1985
6
24-25
Essay, "Alexander Liberman: American Sculptor", circa 1971
6
26
Essay, "American Visions", circa 1970
6
27
Essay, "The Banner Age", circa 1960s
6
28
Essay, "The Big Canvas", circa 1965
6
29-30
Essay, "Color and Light", circa 1974
6
31
Essays, "Collected Essays", 1956-circa 1970
6
32-33
Essay, "Critical Essays", 1969-1970
6
34
Essay, "The Dead Tree", circa 1992
6
35-36
Essay, "Drawing," Introduction to University of Massachusetts Exhibition Catalog, 1962
6
37
Essay, "The Emperor's Nightingale", circa 1960s
6
38
Essay, "The End of the Object", circa 1960s
6
39
Essay, "Environmental Sculpture", circa 1960s
7
1
Essays, Goossen on His Writing Career, circa 1970s
7
2
Essays on Literary Works, circa 1940s
7
3
Essay, "Painting and Texture", circa 1957
7
4
Essay on the Persecution of Jews, circa 1994
7
5
Essay on Style and Art, circa 1950s
7
6
Lecture, "Art in the Sixties" at Bard College, 1975
7
7-8
Lecture, The Art of the Twenties Exhibition at MoMA, circa 1979
7
9-11
Lecture Notes on Contemporary Art in Detroit, 1967
7
12
Lecture, "Triumphs and Failures of Abstract Expressionism" at Guggenheim Museum, circa 1961
7
13
Lecture Notes for United States Information Agency (USIA), 1967
7
14
Lecture Notes for Various Lectures, circa 1970s
7
15
Lists, Books, circa 1960s
7
16
Notes, circa 1949-circa 1990
Includes notes on art and artists, exhibitions, conservation, psychoanalysis and art, ideas for articles, "Ruins" book, and other art related topics.
7
17-40
Notebook, 1950s
The notebook includes travel notes, movie showtimes, gallery lists, and other notes.
8
1
Note Cards, circa 1960-circa 1992
Includes notes on vocabulary, contact information, and personal and professional research projects.
8
2
Review of Art and Culture by Clement Greenberg, 1961
8
3
By Others, Student Papers, circa 1980s
8
4-5

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